This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It was recognised in the Tween category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award. It also was recognised in the Junior Novel category by the Colorado Book Award. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

This book is part of a book series called Kingdom Keepers .

This book has been graded for interest at 10-11 years.

There are 325 pages in this book. It is a novel. This book was published 2005 by Disney Editions .

Ridley Pearson is the author of an acclaimed series of suspense thrillers for adults starring detective Lou Boldt, set in Seattle. He is also co-author of the recent Peter Pan sequel, Peter and the Starcatchers. He is married with children and lives in Missouri.